Entries for May 2016

Member for Durack Melissa Price today announced successful applicants for funding from the National Landcare Programme Sustainable Agriculture Small Grants Round 2015-16 (Small Grants Round).
Ms Price said the following organisations have been provided funding for the following projects.
• $9000 to the Bun... read more »

Member for Durack Melissa Price is pleased to announce the four winners of the inaugural Melissa Price Volunteer Awards 2016.
The Melissa Price Volunteer Awards 2016 follows National Volunteer Week last week, which celebrates the over si... read more »

A re-elected Turnbull Government will undertake a review into issues affecting the supply and taxation of working holiday makers, the Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O’Dwyer, announced today.
Minister O’Dwyer acknowledged the strong advocacy of the Member for Durack Melissa Price in shaping the Go... read more »

Member for Durack Melissa Price has re-affirmed her commitment to closing the gap, by embarking on a campaign to increase funding for Aboriginal Australians to participate in sport.
Ms Price is passionate about not only closing the gap for Indigen... read more »

The first new Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) base in Western Australia in 50 years was officially opened in Broome yesterday.
Federal Member for Durack Melissa Price attended the opening to celebrate the opening with the Royal Flying Doctor Serv... read more »

Member for Durack Melissa Price today announced that local business West Coast Sustainability had received an Industry Skills Fund grant of $3,345 to assist with the costs of training its staff to take advantage of new growth opportunities.
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Member for Durack Melissa Price has called on the Durack community to celebrate the achievements of exceptional business women by nominating them for the 2016 Telstra Business Women’s Awards.
Ms Price said the Telstra Business Women&rs... read more »

More than 900 premises in Dalwallinu, Merredin and Nungarin are ready to join the superfast era with the NBN Co activating its fixed wireless network in the region, offering internet speeds more than twice as fast as city-based ADSL connections.
T... read more »

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called the election for 2 July, outlining a strong economic plan for jobs and Australian families.
Member for Durack Melissa Price said the Turnbull team is asking Australians to back our plan, to secure Austral... read more »

The Turnbull Government’s national economic plan for jobs and growth in a stronger, new and more diversified economy will create a new path to youth employment, helping young people through Australia’s economic transition.
The Governme... read more »

Indigenous Rangers in the Kimberley region of Western Australia have another tool to help manage the threat of cane toads following today’s launch of the Cane Toad Management Handbook.
The handbook is part of the Government’s $500,000, three year Kimberley Cane Toad Clean Up programme delivered by Rangelands NRM Co-ordinating Group I... read more »

Regional Australia is critical to our national economy and this year’s budget delivers significant new investment across all areas of government that will create jobs and promote economic prosperity in Durack.
Federal Member for Durack Melis... read more »

Member for Durack Melissa Price said hard working local small businesses will be given tax relief from the Turnbull Government with the small company tax rate being gradually reduced to 25 per cent.
The Turnbull Government’s 2016 Federal Budget cut the small business company tax rate to 27.5 per cent and makes it available to all small com... read more »

The Durack community will benefit from the development of infrastructure in northern Australia through the Government’s $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.
The Turnbull Government has successfully passed legislation through the Parliament to enable this important initiative to commence in July this year.
With $5 billi... read more »

The 2016 Budget is an economic plan for Australia.
It is a plan for a strong new economy with more jobs and growth.
As Australia successfully transitions from the mining investment boom to a stronger, more diversified economy, it is... read more »